Harris City, Indiana

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Harris City
Unincorporated community
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Harris City
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Harris City
Coordinates: 39°16′53″N85°31′38″W / 39.28139°N 85.52722°W / 39.28139; -85.52722
Country United States
State Indiana
County Decatur
Township Sand Creek
Elevation
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827 ft (252 m)
ZIP code
47240
FIPS code 18-31594 [2]
GNIS feature ID435781 [1]

Harris City is an unincorporated community in Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana.

History

Harris City was named for B. B. Harris, who owned a large blue limestone quarry which was in the 19th century the center of the town's industry. [3]

Harris City contained a post office between 1874 and 1898; [4] the post office was called Harris in its final years. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Harris City, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Harding, Lewis Albert (1915). History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp.  148.
  4. ↑ "Decatur County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  5. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  158. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...the post office was changed to Harris...


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